Wool rug needle



Nov. 17, 1931. G. E. JOHNSTON WOOL RUG NEEDLE Filed May 51, 1930 Patented Nov. 17, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE EARL JOHNSTON, 0F DUNNVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MAN'FORD SGHIER OF DUNNVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA WOOL BUG NEEDLE Application filed May 31,1930, Serial No. 458,529, and in. Canada March 26, 1930.

My invention relates to improvements in wool rug needles, and the object of the invention is to devise a needle by which the strands of wool forming the pile may be more rapidly threaded through the base fabric and at the same time more efficiently and and spaced more evenly apart, and itconsists essentially of the arrangement and con struction of parts all as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my needle.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken longitudinally through the centre of the needle.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 indicates the base fabrics, such as can- Vas, through which the strands of wool are looped to form the rug pile. 2 is a pressure foot adapted, when the needle is in use, to bear against the face of the fabric 1. 3 and 4 are guide rods secured to the foot at their lower ends and extending upward in a parallel direction being clamped together at their upper ends by a cross clamp 5.

The clamp 5 is provided with a central orifree 5*. 6 is a handle rod provided at its upper end with a handle grip 7. 8 is a slide block slidably mounted upon parallel guide rods 3 and 4. 9 are a plurality of tubular needles secured to the face of the slide block 8 by a clamping plate 10. 11 is a guide piece secured to the foot 2 extending forward thereof and provided with orifices 12 through which the tubular needles 9 freely extend.

The tubular needles 9 are of ordinary construction commonly used as single needles, the lower ends of the tubular needles being cut off to an incline as indicated at 9* so as to permit the tubes more readily piercing the fabric 1. 13 are the threads of wool which are passed longitudinally through the tubular needles 9 extending therefrom at their lower ends, the extended ends resting initially on the upper face of the fabric 1.

The lower end of the handle rod 6 is secured in the slide block 8. The foot 2 is preferably provided with a handle 14:, this handle being gripped by one hand of the opric after the tuocs 9 have been threaded with the wool strands 13, the handle 6 forced longitudinally downward carrying the guide block and the tubular needles secured thereto in a corresponding direction so as to simultaneously carry such needles through the fabric 1 so that the lower portion of the strands 13 extend in loops from the lower face of the "abric as indicated at 13*. Vihen the tubular needles are withdrawn by pulling the handle 6 in the opposite direction, the upper portions of the threads 13 slip through the tubes leaving the loops free depending from the bottom of the fabric 1, this operation being repeated until the whole surface of the fabric is covered.

Although I have shown only three tubular needles it will, of course, be understood that any number desired may be employed, the more needles that I use the more rapidly the work is performed. From this description it will be seen that I have devised a simple construction of wool rug needle whereby a plurality of tubular needles may be simultaneously operated thereby making the work more rapid, and at the same time insurin that the strand loops are more evenly spaced apart.

hat I claim as my invention is:

A wool rug needle comprising a pressure foot, parallel guides carried by the foot and extending upward therefrom, a slide block carried by the guides, a handle for operating the. slide block longitudinally upon the guides, and means for securing a plurality of parallel tubular needles to the slide block to move longitudinally in a parallel direction to the direction of motion of the slide block.

GEORGE EARL JOHNSTON.

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